Electrical receptacle



Mar. 3. 1925. I 1,528,614

F. J.-H|NEs ELECTRI CAL RECEPTACLE Filed Sept. 16, 1922 X INVENTOR 33 /rw'y BY f-fl5 U/ l ATTORNEY l Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES FRANCIS J. EINES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE.

Application iled September 16, 1922. ISerial No. 588,607.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS J. HINES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, Kings County, New York, have invented a new and useful Electrical Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to what are commonly termed base receptacles.

The main object is to provide a construction in which several conductors may be connected to the same plug contacts without the necessity of soldering, splicing, or tapg.Another object is to construct such a device so that the connections may be readily made without the danger of short circuiting or ounding. Anot er object is to` so construct suchka device that a plurality of lwires may be readily connected or disconnected at will.

In the accompanying drawings I have I illustrated one form of construction for accomplishing these objects. In its preferred form the invention contemplates the use of a body portion with especially formed recesses and terminal members, and a cover member having passages for the usual knife blade or plug terminals.l

Figure l is a face View of a base recep tacle embodying the improvements of my invention. i

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the cover member removed.

Fig. 3 is a Sectional view of the body member and the attached terminals, the section 'being taken on the plane of the `line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a rear view ofthe cover member.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the same on the plane' of the line 5-5 of 4.

Fig. 6 is a rear view of the device showing a number of conductors connected thereto.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the circuit terminals.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the plug terminals or sockets.

The bodv 10 and the cover 1l are preferably formed of insulatin material, the cover fitting into the outer e ge of the body and being preferably Surrounded by the flange 12. The body is provided with longitudinal channels 13 and 14 at opposite sides and seats 15 and 16 for the cover. The cover may be held in place by a single screw 17 andnut 18, the screw passing through the cover and the body, and the nut being located in the recess in the back of the body. Lugs 19 may be provided for attachment to the usual metal box and for the attachment of the usual face plate (not shown.) These lugs may be secured to the body by screws 20. yThe feet 21 of these lugs may be positioned in notches 22 in the ends of the body. i

In the channels 13 and 14 are located terminal bus bars 23 which mav be secured in place by screws 24. These terminal Strips are provided with a plurality of binding screws 25-25 and passages 26 in line with passages 27 in the body of the receptacle. A number of pairs of conductors 28 and 29, 30 and 31 may thus be connected to the two opposite terminal bars so that a plurality of circuits may be connected to gether through the medium of the terminal bars without the use of solder or twisting and taping the wires, and the consequent diiiiculty and danger of short circuiting, and danger of accidental disconnection.

Each terminal bar has a foot 32 oifset at one side and near one ,end for the c'onnection of a Socket member 33. These socket members may be of any suitable type f or design but are preferably designed so as `to take what are commonly termed parallel or tandem plug blades and the cover plate is preferably provided with T-shaped passages 34 to accommodate either arrangement of plug blades. ceptacle is provided withrecesses 35 adapted to accommodate the plug sockets and partitions 36 to insulate the plug sockets from the -terminal bars of opposite polarity. The bus bar 23 may be providedv with a lug or -liange 37 to assist in positioning the ends of the conductor wires. l The coverll may be provided with a raised insulating boss 38 to project through the usual face plate opening.

By the construction as herein described it becomes a very simple matter to connect a plurality of wires where two or more cables come into the usual metal box, and I eliminate the possibility of a ground, a short cir-` 9o The body ofthe rey cuit, a broken joint or splice, or damage -of any kind to the wires.

I claim:

1. In a device of the cliaracterfdescribed, an insulating body, a cover therefor having` a single pair of passages, terminal bars exp tending along opposte sides of said body` a plurality of binding screws carried by each bar, said body having individual passages for wires leading to said binding screws and plug sockets Within said body connected respectively. to said bars. and arranged in line with theopenings in the cover to receive the blades of a plug.

2. In a device of the character described, an insulating body having longitudinally extending channels in the face thereof and individual Wire passages extending through the insulating body from the rear, terminal bars arranged in said channels, a plurality of binding screws to connect the bars with wires extending through said passages, a blade socket connected to each bar, insulating partitions between said sockets and the bars of opposite polarity, and a cover plate having, in line With said sockets, I

passages for the blades of a plug.

3. 1n a device of the character described, an insulating body having channels along opposite sides thereof, and insulating sup- 'ports at the center and at the opposite ends of said body between the channels, terminal bus bars located in said channels and insulated from each other, attaching lugs sccured to said end supports, sockets connected to said bars between said supports, and a cover plate having openings in line with said sockets and secured to said center suport.

p 4. In a device of the character described, an insulating body having parallel rows of Wire passages extending to the back thereof, a cover therefor having a single pair of passages, terminal bars extending over said rows of Wire passages and having openings in register with the Wire passages, a plurality of binding screws carried by each bar adjacent the Wire openings, plug sockets connected respectively to said. bars and located in recesses in said body, and arranged in line with the passages in the cover, and attaching lugs secured to said body.

FRANCIS J. HINES 

